US 12,214,152 B1
Systems, methods, and apparatus for detection of implanted access port and use thereof
Christopher James Franzese, Randolph, NJ (US); Martin Michael Coyne, III, Towaco, NJ (US); Alejandra Linares Martinez, Saddle Brook, NJ (US); and Matthew Conner D'Auria, Bernardsville, NJ (US)
Assigned to Matchstick LLC, Boonton, NJ (US)
Filed by Matchstick LLC, Boonton, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/587,273.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/448,136, filed on Feb. 24, 2023.
Int. Cl. A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/0208 (2013.01) [A61M 2039/0036 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0205 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0238 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use with an access port implanted subcutaneously in a living body, the apparatus comprising:
a locator assembly including:
a port sensor configured to sense an aspect of the access port;
a controller configured to determine a location of the access port based on the aspect sensed by the port sensor; and
an output device configured to provide feedback to a user,
wherein the controller is further configured to instruct the output device to provide the feedback to the user based on the determined location of the access port,
the locator assembly further including an outer housing, wherein the controller is in the outer housing, the outer housing including a device side coupler; and
a base plate including:
an adhesive flange configured to adhere the base plate to a skin of the living body, the adhesive flange including at least one opening; and
a base coupler on the adhesive flange and including at least one opening, the base coupler configured to cooperate with the device side coupler such that the base plate is attachable and detachable from the locator assembly by cooperation of the device side coupler with the base coupler,
wherein when the base plate is attached to the locator assembly, the at least one opening of the adhesive flange aligns with the at least one opening of the base coupler and the port sensor such that the port sensor senses the aspect of the access port through the at least one opening of the adhesive flange and the at least one opening of the base coupler.